HOME AT THE HAVEN. been very seriously reproved by his mother, the whole blame was not exposed of that afternoon's visit to the town. Edward's mind was very uneasy about the commissions and the money that had been given to him. When required by his mother to give an account of the money that he had spent in the town, he was confused and embarrassed. It had been his own money which had paid for the entrance of Jack and himself to the wild-beast show, but there ought to be a shilling left to give back to his uncle, aud he had only threepence remaining in his purse. It was found necessary to apply to Jack for an explanation of this; and it was after scratching his head several times that he said something about "nuts and apples that they had bought to give to the elephant and monkeys; and then Edward had to confess with many blushes and tears of shame, that in this manner the missing halfpence had been spent. We will spare our readers the description of Captain Osborne's deep displeasure at this exposure of Edward's want of truth and honour; and we could not describe his mother's grief. Lucy too-she left the room to hide her tears, and did not hear all the angry and bitter reproaches cast upon her brother by -his uncle. There seemed no chance of Edward ever regaining the confidence and affection which he had lost, and Mrs. Osborne saw plainly that she and her children must not remain to be a cause of disturbance at the Haven; for she called to mind that the latter had only been invited to come, provided they could behave well. Before that day was over, she had quite decided on leaving the Haven, and had told Captain Osborne of her intention. She told Edward and Lucy, too, that the Haven was no longer to be their home, and that they should return in town in another month; and she